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Hemorragia alveolar por leptospirosis en tiempos de COVID-19. Acerca de un caso / Alveolar hemorrhage due to Leptospirosis in times of Covid 19. About a Case.
Sosa Ferrari, Suyapa; Zaldívar Aparicio, Guillermo.
  • Sosa Ferrari, Suyapa; Instituto Nacional Cardiopulmonar. HN
  • Zaldívar Aparicio, Guillermo; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. HN
Rev. colomb. neumol ; 34(2): 86-92, July-Dec. 2022.
Article in Spanish | LILACS, COLNAL | ID: biblio-1412940
RESUMEN
La leptospirosis es una enfermedad zoonótica prevalente y generalizada de la cual no existen cifras fiables de incidencia mundial. Es una enfermedad con subregistro que puede generar una cifra importante de morbimortalidad. La incidencia de afectación pulmonar en la leptospirosis varía del 20 % al 70 %, y la hemorragia alveolar que se presenta con disnea y hemoptisis es su principal manifestación pulmonar, generando una mortalidad que puede ser mayor al 50 % si no se detecta y maneja a tiempo. Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 30 años de edad con sintomatología respiratoria y fiebre que hizo pensar en COVID-19 por las imágenes radiológicas y por época de pandemia, con antecedente de ser recolector de botellas, con descenso brusco de hemoglobina sin un sitio preciso de sangrado, considerándose como posibilidad hemorragia alveolar. Se le realizó serología por Leptospira siendo esta positiva y pudo ser tratado oportunamente. En conclusión, un buen interrogatorio sobre las actividades diarias junto con un buen juicio clínico e interpretación de exámenes laboratoriales nos debe hacer sospechar en hemorragia alveolar por leptospirosis.
ABSTRACT
Leptospirosis is a prevalent and generalized zoonotic disease, for which there are no reliable figures of world incidence. It is an underreported disease that can generate a significant number of morbidity and mortality. The incidence of pulmonary involvement in leptospirosis varies from 20% to 70%, and alveolar hemorrhage that presents with dyspnea and hemoptysis is the main pulmonary manifestation in leptospirosis, generating mortality that can be greater than 50% if it is not detected and drive on time. We present the case of a 30-year-old patient with respiratory symptoms and fever that suggested Covid 19 due to radiological images and due to the pandemic, with a history of being a bottle collector, who due to the sudden drop in hemoglobin without a precise site of bleeding was thought to be alveolar hemorrhage, serology was performed for leptospira, which was positive, and he could be treated in a timely manner. In conclusion, a good questioning about daily activities together with good clinical judgment and interpretation of laboratory tests should make us suspect alveolar hemorrhage due to leptospirosis.

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Zoonoses / Leptospirosis Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. colomb. neumol Journal subject: Pulmonary Disease (Specialty) Year: 2022 Type: Article Affiliation country: Honduras Institution/Affiliation country: Instituto Nacional Cardiopulmonar/HN / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras/HN

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Zoonoses / Leptospirosis Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. colomb. neumol Journal subject: Pulmonary Disease (Specialty) Year: 2022 Type: Article Affiliation country: Honduras Institution/Affiliation country: Instituto Nacional Cardiopulmonar/HN / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras/HN